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My Last Film (Mein letzter Film)
Hanelore Elsner (photo © Joe Fish)
This is Marie's last film; the last, lonely appearance by a great actress whose beauty is timeless.
Marie has achieved all there is to achieve for a woman in her profession, and she decides to turn her back on her former life. While she packs her things, she discloses the details of her life - perhaps for the first time. And a young cameraman captures all of it. The result is a 90-minute solo performance in Marie's apartment in Berlin, a performance in which the actress looks back on her life.
Choosing things to take or leave behind, Marie sorts through and puts her fulfilled life in order. She probes to discover fundamental truths: what has made her happy and what has destroyed her.
Marie has achieved all there is to achieve for a woman in her profession, and she decides to turn her back on her former life. While she packs her things, she discloses the details of her life - perhaps for the first time. And a young cameraman captures all of it. The result is a 90-minute solo performance in Marie's apartment in Berlin, a performance in which the actress looks back on her life.
Choosing things to take or leave behind, Marie sorts through and puts her fulfilled life in order. She probes to discover fundamental truths: what has made her happy and what has destroyed her.
Oliver Hirschbiegel scored a sensational success with the feature film The Experiment (Das Experiment, 2001). This exciting psycho-thriller drew more than 1.6 million spectators to the theaters and won many awards in Germany and abroad including, the Bavarian Film Award 2001, the Audience Award for the theatrical film of the year at the German Film Award presentation in 2001, Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2001, and the People´s Choice Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival in 2002, just to name a few. Hirschbiegel has been a major presence in the German television industry since the mid 1980s. He has directed thrillers and detective dramas, including various episodes of the detective series Rex – A Cop´s Best Friend and Tatort. Downfall (Der Untergang, 2004) is his third full-length feature film and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 in the category Best Foreign Language Film. A selection of his other award-winning films includes: Das Go! Projekt (TV, 1986), Rain City (Moerderische Entscheidung – Umschalten erwuenscht, TV, 1991), Trickser (TV, 1996), Rex – The Early Years (Rex – Die fruehen Jahre, TV, 1997), The Judgement (Das Urteil, TV, 1997), Mortal Friends (Todfeinde, TV, 1998), and My Last Film (Mein letzter Film, 2002).
Category Feature
Year of Production 2002
Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenplay Bodo Kirchhoff
Director of Photography Rainer Klausmann
Editor Martina Matuschewski
Production Design Christian Bussmann
Cast Hannelore Elsner, Wanja Mues
Producers Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, Claudia Schroeder
Production Company Studio Hamburg Serienwerft /Hamburg
Length 90 min
Format 35 mm
Original Version German
Subtitled Version English
Awards German Film Award 2003 for Best Leading Actress
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Year of Production 2002
Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenplay Bodo Kirchhoff
Director of Photography Rainer Klausmann
Editor Martina Matuschewski
Production Design Christian Bussmann
Cast Hannelore Elsner, Wanja Mues
Producers Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, Claudia Schroeder
Production Company Studio Hamburg Serienwerft /Hamburg
Length 90 min
Format 35 mm
Original Version German
Subtitled Version English
Awards German Film Award 2003 for Best Leading Actress
World Sales
Global Screen GmbH
Sonnenstr. 21
80331 Munich/Germany
phone +49-89-24 41 29 55 00
fax +49-89-24 41 29 55 20
info@globalscreen.de
http://www.globalscreen.de
